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Community Sand Painting: Lost Ocean

Thursday, January 3, 2019 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Friday, January 4, 2019 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Library Hall

Sand painting is back for the holidays!

Inspired by the Drepung Loseling monks' Mandala on the Yampa art installations at the Library, the Steamboat Springs community has participated in creating many hands-on public sand paintings. In celebration of the New Year, the Library invites everyone back to Library Hall to revisit their individuality and creative spirit while sand painting on a spectacular under-the-sea design on our Community Sand Painting table.

Chakpurs, the monks' authentic sand painting tools, along with plentiful colored sand, will be available for everyone to try this ancient Tibetan art form. A chakpur is a metal funnel with a grated surface, along which the artist runs a metal rod. The vibration causes sand to flow like liquid onto the platform. The result is a colorful design that is enjoyed by all, then wiped away in the spirit of impermanence upon completion.

This is a FREE all-ages event, but children must be accompanied by an adult.

About the Community Sand Painting image

In the Library's ongoing tradition of honoring beautiful books, the image that the community will be sand painting is a gorgeous page extracted from the bestselling "inky adventure" adult coloring book Lost Ocean by Johanna Basford, courtesy of the artist and publisher Penguin Books.